Policeman s battle



UNITED sTATEs PATENT onirica.

JOSEPH MCCORD, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

POLICEMANS BATTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 13,823, dated November 20, 1855.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH McCoRD, of the city of Philadelphia and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inPolicemens Battles; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and eXact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing and to the letters of-reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement` in rattles u-sed by policemenfor springing alarms, and consists in attaching the handle to the edgeof the ratchet wheel and at right angles to its axis instead of securingit diw rect to the latter as in ordinary rattles, in order that t-hesaid handle when not required for use in springing alarms may be turneddown into the space cut out of the body of the instrument, in whichcondition it may be carried about in the pocket with greater facilityand used as a mace for defensive purposes more effectively than theordinary rattle.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use myinvention I will now proceed to describe it-s construction andoperation.

On reference to the drawing which forms a part of this specification,Figure l is a sec tional view of my improved rattle with the handleextended; Fig. 2, a sectional plan of the same; Fig. 3, a sectional viewwith the handle turned down.

The same letters of reference allude to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

A is the body of the rattle having a space a cut out for the operationof the spring B, which is secured into a mortise in the end of the bodyA.

C is the ratchet wheel having any convenient number of teeth c, and aprojection (Z for receiving the end of the handle D.

F is the pin forming the axis of the ratchet wheel.

The end of the body A may be loaded with metal or furnished with brassmountings. Vhen used to spring an alarm the handle is in the positionshown in Fig. l and 2, the operator takes it in his hand and agitates itso that the weighted body may have an oscillating movement which causesthe end of thespring B to pass backward and forward over the teeth ofthe ratchet wheel, causing a noise similar to that produced by springingan ordinary rattle. When the instrument is worn in the pocket the handleis turned down into the recess a, and should it become necessary to useit for defensive purposes it forms a sufficiently formidable mace whengrasped by the hand at the end where the ratchet wheel is situated. Thepeculiar formation of the end thus grasped, renders it a matter ofdifficulty to wrench the instrument from the holder.

A policeman furnished with such an instrument as that above described,will not be under the necessity of carrying both mace and rattle, as myimproved arrangement combines both in one in such a manner as to be farmore easily carried in the pocket than either of the above separateinstruments.

I claim as an improvement in policemens rattles, the securing of thehandle to the edge of the ratchet wheel and at right an,- gles to theaXis of the latter for the purpose of turning down the handle out of theway thereby rendering the instrument more convenient to carry in thepocket, and for the further purpose of combining a mace and rattle inone instrument substantially in the manner herein set forth.

JOSEPH MGGORD.

lVitnesses:

A. B. AsHMEAD, S. PALMER.

